Every year, more than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke, according to the CDC-and for every one of those people, their ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

While thrombolytic therapy remains one of the most effective strategies for stroke recovery, it is effective only for a short ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

A seismic shift is underway in how experts view functional recovery after a stroke. For years, the prevailing belief was that regaining limb mobility beyond 6 months was nearly impossible, as damaged ...

A new study has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to motor outcomes after a stroke -- a phenomenon that may be under-recognized in stroke research. The new observational ...

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, "Coherence of Stroke Survivors' Lived ...

Share on Pinterest A new study compared HIIT and steady, moderate exercise for stroke recovery. RZCREATIVE/Stocksy Stroke is a condition where blood and oxygen are not able to get to the brain.